Galatasaray was too ready for Zalgiris 0

Zalgiris Kaunas arrived to Istanbul for a friendly tournament and was not treated nicely by the hosts on the first day of “Istanbul Cup”. Galatasaray players used 5 three-pointers in the second quarter to get away from Lithuanians and won the match in the end by the score 86:61 (21:25, 26:13, 26:6, 13:17).

Zalgiris: Brown 13, Salenga 11 (6 rebounds), Watson 9 (6 rebounds), Pocius 6, Klimavičius 6, Begic 5 (8 rebounds, 2 blocks), Vasiliauskas 4, Janavicius 3, Juskevicius 3, S.Vene 1.

Galatasaray: Akin 17 (4/5 triples), Tufan 15, Rancik 14, Washington 12, Wilkinson 10.

In the other game Erdemir defeated Cibona Zagreb 88:82 after overtime.